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Commodity exchange

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Commodity exchange

Back months

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Those futures delivery months with expiration or delivery dates furthest into the future; futures delivery months other than the spot or nearby delivery month.

Buy on opening

Financial services; Commodity exchange

To buy (or sell) at the beginning of a trading session within the open price range.

Buy on close

Financial services; Commodity exchange

To buy (or sell) at the end of the trading session within the closing price range.

To-arrive contract

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A transaction providing for subsequent delivery within a stipulated time limit of a specific grade of a commodity.

Round turn

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A completed transaction involving both a purchase and a liquidating sale, or a sale followed by a covering purchase.

Public

Financial services; Commodity exchange

In trade parlance, non-professional speculators as distinguished from hedgers and professional speculators or traders.

Trader

Financial services; Commodity exchange

(1) A merchant involved in cash commodities; (2) a professional speculator who trades for his own account.

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